SEATTLE – Seattle University men's basketball heads out on the road for its final two regular-season games, beginning Thursday, March 6 at Southern Utah. The Redhawks and Thunderbirds will tip off at 6:30 p.m. Mountain Time, 5:30 p.m. Pacific from America First Event Center in Cedar City, Utah.
FOLLOW THE REDHAWKS
- Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM MT/5:30 PM PT
- Seattle U (11-17, 6-8 WAC) at Southern Utah (12-17, 4-11 WAC)
- America First Event Center, Cedar City, Utah
- Live Stats
- Watch on ESPN+
- Game Notes
QUICK HITS
- Seattle U dropped its final home game of the season, 63-60, to Grand Canyon. The Redhawks finished their home slate with a 9-5 record.
- With two regular season games remaining, the Redhawks are 11-17 overall and 6-8 in WAC play. That league mark puts them in a three-way tie for fourth place in the WAC standings headed into Saturday's round of games.
- Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe and Paris Dawson had 16 points each to lead a trio of Redhawks scoring in double figures. Brayden Maldonado added 12 points on the night.
- Maldonado, a junior who spent his first two collegiate seasons at MSU-Denver, scored 12 points versus Grand Canyon last Saturday and now enters Thursday's game at Southern Utah with 974 career points. He needs just 26 more to hit the 1,000-point marker.
- Already Seattle U's all-time leader in blocks, Kobe Williamson tallied two block versus GCU last Saturday, bringing his career total to 165 and counting.
- Maleek Arington had two steal versus GCU, bringing his season total to 59. He sits at No. 9 on Seattle U's single-season top-10 list. Two Seattle U alums hold a tie for the No. 7 spot at 63. The all-time single-season record for steals is 84, held by Ray Brooks (1984-85).
- Kobe Williamson became Seattle University's all-time leader in games played on Thursday, Feb. 13 at Abilene Christian. The game against the Lopes last Saturday marked the 137th of Williamson's Redhawk career. He surpassed former teammate Riley Grigsby (2019-23) who finished his career with 133 games played.
- Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe sits at 10 double-doubles on the season, which matches the most collected in a season by a Redhawk since Myles Carter collected 10 during the 2018-19 season.
ABOUT THE SERIES VS SOUTHERN UTAH
- This marks just the eighth all-time meeting between the Redhawks and Thunderbirds. Seattle U leads the series, 5-2.
- The Redhawks have won four straight against the Thunderbirds, including a home-and-home sweep of the series last year and the first meeting of this season.
- On Jan. 18, 2025 in Seattle, the Redhawks forced 18 SUU turnovers and shot nearly 60% in the first half on their way to a 75-52 win. John Christofilis had 18 points and Maleek Arington added 11 in the Seattle U win.
- On Feb. 15, 2024, Seattle U got 25 points from John Christofilis, 18 from Cameron Tyson and used a big first-half lead (39-25) on its way to a 78-68 victory in Cedar City.
- In the Seattle meeting on Dec. 2, 2023, Cameron Tyson had 22 points, Brandton Chatfield had a career-high 18 and Alex Schumacher added 14 points and eight assists in a 73-63 Redhawk win.
- Southern Utah joined the WAC in 2022-23, marking the first meeting between the Redhawks and Thunderbirds since 2018.
- The Redhawks' first win as WAC opponents (in 2023) came by holding the (then) nation's top scoring team 27 points below it's average, including 1-of-25 from three.
- Prior to last season, the last meeting came on Nov. 18, 2018 at the Redhawk Center as Southern Utah claimed a 73-70 win.
- Seattle U's first win in the series came in 2016, an 89-75 final in Cedar City, Utah.
NATIONAL RANKS (games thru Mar. 3)
The Redhawks rank:
- 18th in Free Throws Made Per Game (17.1)
- 19th in Free Throw Attempts Per Game (23.6)
- 41st in Turnover Margin (2.6)
- 48th in Turnovers Forced Per Game (14.04)
- 58th Scoring Defense (67.5)
Individuals rank (* also leads the WAC):
- *19th in Defensive Rebs P/G (6.60) - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe
- *17th in Rebounds P/G (9.6) - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe
- *28th in Steals PG (2.11) - Maleek Arington
- 34th in Double-Doubles (10) - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe
- *34th in Steals (59) - Maleek Arington
- 39th in Free Throw Attempts (184) - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe
- *59th in Rebounds (240) - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe
- 45th in Offensive Rebounds P/G (3.00) - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe
UP NEXT
Seattle U's regular season concludes Saturday, March 8 in St. George as the Redhawks face the Trailblazers at 7 p.m. MT, 6 p.m. PT at Burns Arena.
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